1
[ adjective ] being or resembling a force of nature

Synonyms

primitive

Examples

"elemental violence"

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

The lyric beauties of Schubert 's Trout_Quintet - its elemental rhythms and infectious melodies - make it a source of pure pleasure for almost all music listeners .

Related terms

natural

2
[ adjective ] being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything

Synonyms

ultimate

Examples

"the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of life have been molded"- Jack London "the ultimate ingredients of matter" "his proposal is elegantly simple"

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

In our disbelief we think that we can no_longer even use the word and so are unable to even name the elemental power which is so vividly real in_this play .

For this does not account_for the integral , elemental power of that which grows with abounding vigor as the play unfolds , nor does it explain the strange numinous sense of presentness which comes over those who watch the play like a spell .

Related terms

simple simple

3
[ adjective ] relating to or being an element

Examples

"elemental sulphur"

Used in print

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

Because of the simplicity of the molecules , isotopic exchange reactions between elemental halogens and the corresponding carbon_tetrahalides would appear to offer particularly fruitful possibilities for obtaining unambiguous basic kinetic data .

Related terms

chemical_element

4
[ adjective ] relating to severe atmospheric conditions

Examples

"a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard

Related terms

elements

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